Woodworking blog entries tagged with 'scandinavian pine'

I recently got a 6 foot length of sycamore which I cut in half in order to make a chopping block/table 3 foot by 2foot.
Even after cutting in half the boards were so badly twisted that I had to split them length ways in order to flatten and plane them without removing too much material
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The picture above shows the boards sawn ready for jointing and planing.
I first of all flattened one face on the jointer and then put them through the thicknesser to achieve a consistent t...